Junk food to be taken off lunch menu at Georgian schools
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Unhealthy foods such as potato chips, jelly beans, chocolates and fizzy drinks will no longer be sold in school cafeterias in Georgia.
The Ministry of Education of Georgia calls on school administrations to remove all unhealthy food from their school buffets, striving to regulate school nutrition in the country.
The Ministry published a special statement last week of recommendations regarding avoiding the sale of junk food at schools that may be bad for the health of pupils.
Education Minister Aleksandre Jejelava said that monitoring will be carried out in every school in order to eliminate the sale of unhealthy food in Georgia’s educational institutions.
Furthermore, a special information campaign will be held in schools to transform them into healthy institutions.
The ministry believes that the standards of healthy food should be raised in every school in the country, both private and public institutions.
"Healthy food can help children to concentrate better and will facilitate their ability to easily learn during lessons,” the statement reads.
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